Cop basher jailed for five years

When sentencing Kagiso Sebokolodi yesterday, Principal Magistrate Dumisani Basupi said he was convinced that the accused was a hardcore criminal who never learns from his past mistakes.

Sebokolodi was found guilty of assaulting on duty police officer Mpho Pule, at Monarch on January 5, 2016. “The world we live in now has changed from the one we used to live in in the past. These days, there are people who are saddened by the presence of police officers in their vicinity while in the past, people would be happy and feel safe when police officers were in their vicinity. Form BP 73 shows that the complainant sustained a laceration on his upper front of the teeth,” said Basupi. He said what compounded Sebokolodi’s woes is the fact that he has numerous previous offences similar to the one he was currently facing.